On Call Café: Answering the call for community
Three years after the pandemic began, discussions about the effects of COVID-19 have faded into the periphery. Still, the restrictive…
Category: Art & Life
Talk Horror to Me: Familial issues and disorienting narratives in ‘Beau Is Afraid’
In “Talk Horror to Me,” columnist Emma Kexin Wang ’24 reviews horror, psycho thrillers and all things scary released in…
Lightness, circles and birds: Sampha explores family, fatherhood in “Lahai”
Artists of this time are constantly seeking to reposition themselves and reinvent their art, be it through monikers or thematic…
Q&A: Comedian Mike Vecchione on stand-up, social media and finding funny in the mundane
Mike Vecchione is a New York City-based stand-up comedian who has been performing for over 20 years. He has made…
Second Stegner Fellow reading: How to weave humor and home into writing
Writing captures the breadth of human emotion, so it’s curious that we don’t often find humor taking the center stage…
‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ will never go out of ‘Style’
Exactly nine years after Taylor Swift released the legendary studio album “1989,” we are still dancing to its beat. The…
‘Priscilla’ is an uneven entry in Sofia Coppola’s canon of girlhood studies
While shooting “Priscilla” (2023), Sofia Coppola ran into budget issues. That isn’t surprising considering the film’s bold premise: perhaps grown…
A Lover Girl’s Guide: The contemporary Cinderella?
The genre of Korean drama (K-drama) is garnering ever-greater global attention. Typically shorter than American soap operas like “F.R.I.E.N.D.S,” k-dramas…
Need an ‘On Call’? Student-run late-night café serves hundreds in Haas
On Tuesday and Wednesday night, the Haas Center for Public Service was transformed into a student-run café with an apt…
Stephen Sanchez in Oakland: Theatrical storytelling by a true troubadour
When the lights dimmed in Fox Theater, fog creeped onto the stage as singer-songwriter Stephen Sanchez took the spotlight. During…